- Hi everyone, my name's Maddie.
I'm the videographer at Adore Beauty.
Is this an alternate universe
where Maddie is in front of the camera
instead of behind it?
Fingers crossed, this is the good timeline.
These are all the brown hair products
that we sell at Adore Beauty,
and I'm going to be reviewing them for you.
I have tried every single one of these
over a long period of three months,
and I gave them a good go.
Look, I didn't just use them once.
So keep watching if you are in the market
for a brown toning product
and you don't know where to start,
this might help you out.
Or if you just wanna come along for the ride.
Me, you, ride right here.
That sounded weird.
So the backstory is, I have dirty blonde or dark blonde hair
and for five whole years...
I'm so dramatic.
For five whole years, I dyed my hair pink.
During 2020s lockdown, my hair grew out.
I think you can actually see,
you can actually see where my hair has grown out out to.
Like, it's about here now.
And so my hairdresser dyed it a darkish brown
to cover up the pink, basically.
So since then I've tried a couple brown or brunette products
to try and tone it and keep it looking good.
And I was like, "You know what, why don't I just try like,
literally every product we have?
Like, why don't I try all of them?"
Is this just my not subtle way
of trying awesome products for free?
Maybe.
So for reference, what works for me
may not necessarily work for you.
I have very thin, oily hair.
So just keep that in mind
while we're reviewing these products.
So I'm gonna be going through them
in the order of which I use them.
And this is the first...
That's the wrong one, hang on.
So the first product I used is the Goldwell Colour Revive,
and this is a warm toning conditioner.
And I actually was looking for more of a cool tone.
They do actually have a cool one,
I just for some reason used the warm toning one.
But the toning definitely did work
'cause my hair did warm up.
I'm gonna put a photo up of how it, how it looked.
I will put photos up of all of them.
So this is a pretty normal conditioner.
I used quite a lot of it to dispense the colour into my hair
and it didn't weigh my hair down.
So this one is about the $30 mark, kind of mid-range.
I definitely saw a difference in the colour, it worked.
Maybe next time I'll try out the actual cool toning one
instead of the warm toning one.
But yes, moving on.
So next is Evo Fabuloso.
Now I like, really love this one.
This is a colour treatment
as opposed to a conditioner or shampoo
that has colour toning properties in it.
So I did expect that it would dispense more colour
than some of the other ones I used and it did.
So it worked really well.
It gave me an even colour.
It was quite dark, which is what I needed
to sort of like, cover up all the little pink bits
showing through in my regrowth.
It is a bit of a hassle using it.
If you're lazy like me,
because you have to wet your hair first
and then put the treatment on, wait a bit,
and then wash it off.
And I don't really like getting in and out of the shower.
It annoys me.
But if that doesn't bother you, this is a great product.
You're supposed to wear gloves, I didn't.
And it was fine, it just kind of stained my nails a bit.
But follow the instructions.
This one is around the $40 mark,
so it's a little bit more pricey,
but in my opinion it was really worth it.
This has gotta be one of my favourite things used.
Moving on. And we have Fanola.
This is a No Orange, blue toning mask.
So it's not brown colour dispensing
like the other products we used today.
It's blue-toned to cool your brunette down
and sort of avoid like, orange brassy tones.
Because I have like, dark blonde roots underneath,
it kind of made my roots look grey.
So this might be better for someone
who's a natural brunette
rather than somebody who has blonde underneath because yeah.
I mean, they do the testament to it working.
This is just the conditioner slash mask
but there's also a shampoo.
So I used both.
So a good option if you want more subtle results.
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Did you see that, did you see my amazing hair flip?
So this is Dark Envy by Matrix.
So these are under $25 each.
I actually can't remember what colour it is.
Oh, it's green.
That's the conditioner.
Generally, what I've found with pretty much all of these
is that your shampoos and your like, treatments
will dispense more colour than the conditioners.
The shampoo cleaned my hair well enough.
Perfectly functional shampoo.
Another good option if you want more subtle toning products
and you don't wanna spend too much cash.
In terms of the conditioner though,
I sort of found that this didn't really leave my hair
feeling super silky and soft.
When I stepped out of the shower,
it kind of was a bit matted.
So I don't know if it's just the way I'm using it.
Like, it could be probably my application.
Maybe just avoid this one
if you have really dry, tangly, thin hair.
Otherwise, you could probably just follow it up with a mask
and you'd probably be fine.
Don't know why I didn't try that.
So yeah, I didn't notice too much toning with this one
which means it's subtle.
So if you want subtle, you might love Matrix.
(loud explosion)
Next one is the Christophe Robin Toning Mask.
This one actually did make my hair
feel really silky and smooth afterwards.
I love the way my hair felt.
Which makes sense because it is a hair mask.
Like, that's what it's designed to do.
I didn't notice too much difference in terms of the colour.
I think maybe I needed a darker one.
Like, maybe this one was a bit too light for me.
This is the shade Chestnut, Warm Chestnut.
And my hair is kind of already warm chestnutty.
So maybe I needed a darker colour.
So that's probably,
might be why I didn't notice too much colour change.
I don't have too much to say about it
other than the fact that it says
you can get four uses out of this.
And I feel like I could've got max like, two and a half.
So I don't know if I'm using too much product or not, but.
So this little sachet is around $27.
There is a, like a big, a bigger little pot thing.
I don't know how much that one is
but there is a bigger pot.
If you love it, you can sort of like,
try with this one and then go to the big one.
Good option if you want a hydrating mask
that also tones your hair.
Oh, it fell.
So next one is the Davroe Colour Conditioning Treatment.
This is very exciting
'cause I'm pretty sure they're new to Adore.
They're new to Adore, right?
It does say on the back that you can either
do it in the shower or you can step out of the shower
and sort of towel dry your hair off for the best results.
I really liked this one.
It made my hair feel nice.
And it really did make a difference colour wise.
I think I needed a darker one.
Like, I wanted it to a bit darker
to like, even out all the weird colours in my hair.
But you might not want that.
So, it definitely did cool down my hair though.
So I really loved that.
I thought this is one of the best in terms of like,
blue or green toning to get rid of those brassy tones.
I really noticed a difference with this one.
So if that's your jam, eat that jam.
But yeah, my hair looked nice after I used it
and it is vegan friendly as well.
Some of these other ones might be vegan friendly.
I just, I didn't look.
This one just says it on the package,
it's vegan friendly, so.
But it is nice, it's also like,
it's kind of squishy and like, it's like matte,
it's like, fun to touch, anyway.
It's a bit dirty though.
A lot of these have stains all over them from...
Anyway, we're onto the last one now.
And this is actually the one that I used this morning so...
Oh, I just flicked it into my lip gloss.
So yes, I use this today.
This is the Redken, Redken, Redken, Redken.
So this is the Redken Colour Extend Brownlights
shampoo and conditioner.
I really liked it.
My hair looks clean today.
I'm into it.
This is the one I have the least opinion on
'cause I've only used it once.
So I might like, pop up a slide of like,
after I've used it a few more times
to see what I say.
This is what I have to say.
I've just got blue on me.
So this is a blue shampoo and conditioner.
So this is another one
that will get rid of the brassy, yellowy, orangy tones
in your hair if that's what you're after.
And I really liked it.
My hair feels really clean and light.
Like, I'm quite happy with how they work
just as a shampoo and conditioner regardless of the colour.
I don't actually know if I noticed
that much colour difference.
This size, 300ml is around $30,
and there's also a, I think a 500ml or like,
there's a really big one.
So you really, you can really stock up.
Got L'Oreal to send this to me
so I could use it at the last minute.
But anyway, that's the last one I used.
- [Woman] Your hair looks really lush.
- Does it? - [Woman] Yeah.
- Thanks, I real, I, yeah.
I think this is working for me,
this shampoo and conditioner.
I might keep using it.
(reel scratching)
Hi, sorry to interrupt myself.
I was editing this video
when one of my lovely co-workers gave me
one more brown toning product
that I didn't realise we had.
There's probably honestly, there could be more.
This is just a quick interlude
so I can tell you about the Mr. Smith toning range.
So this is it right here.
I've used it a couple of times.
I actually used it today.
So this is a toning conditioner or treatment.
It comes out really like, chocolatey and thick.
And I think it does have quite a lot of pigment in it.
I used the colour, Chocolate.
This one, I liked that you only have to leave it on
two to three minutes, so easy.
So I just like, squeezed out my hair in the shower
and put it on in the shower.
So much easier than having to get out and towel dry it.
It is 50 bucks, so it's a little bit bougie.
I don't know if it deposited that much colour,
but I like how even my hair looks, it looks pretty even now.
But yes, this is a contender for one of my favourites.
Would recommend if you have the cash
to spend 50 bucks on a treatment.
I thought it was really nice.
And it feels bougie, it looks bougie,
it smells like I'm in a salon.
I guess the only other thing is
that it does come in a few colours.
Like, it comes in a few different browns
and blondes and stuff.
So, I do recommend it.
And that is all, I'm gonna go.
So in summary, there'll be something for everyone.
There'll be something for every hair type,
hair colour and budget, basically.
But what I've sort of found
is that if you want like, intense colour,
as intense colour as you can get
without actually dying your hair
or going to the hairdresser,
you're better off using like, a colour treatment
or like, a mask that will leave in and stay in
and really soak up into your hair.
But if you just want like, subtle toning results
and you want it to be low effort,
just get a shampoo and conditioner,
any one of these bad boys,
and that'll just tone your hair really subtly over time.
So which one was my favourite in the end?
I think the winner in my books is Evo, Evo Fabuloso.
I just thought that it dispensed the most colour
and I really wanted a lot of colour dispense.
So this one was my favourite.
But something different will work
for every different person, so.
So that's pretty much it today.
Let me know if you want me to do this again,
or if you want me to try every certain product of a kind,
or even like, if you want me to try
every Smith's chips flavour or every like, Cadbury flavour,
we can make this about food.
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